While it’s still far too early to begin battening down the hatches in anticipation of a turbulent storm season, the 2019 Hurricane Season could be one for the record books as meteorologists are already forecasting an above-normal hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting four to eight hurricanes during the remainder of storm season. While skeptics may differ considering the tenuous nature of prognosticating, past seasons may give credence to the calamitous prediction.
Atlantic poised to unleash destructive storms
Last year, the slow-moving inner dynamics of hurricanes gave an ominous glimpse of the changing nature of these killer storms. Hurricane Florence’s grinding assault brought unprecedented flooding to the Carolinas, as some areas are still struggling to recover from the storm’s disastrous effects.
“This season (2018) packed a strong punch, but its impacts could have been far worse had it not been for the services NOAA provided alongside our emergency management partners and the preparedness activities taken by individuals,” said Neil Jacobs, Ph.D., NOAA assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction.
The threshold for hurricane classification is pretty cut-and-dry although the trajectory and strength of each storm are dependent more upon atmospheric conditions than precedent alone. Hurricanes are cyclonic storms that have winds greater than 74 miles per hour while major storms pack punches with winds of more than 100 mph.
Recent news of heightened storm activity come at the tail-end of the highly indicative El Nino season in the Pacific Ocean, which normally minimizes hurricane activity in the Atlantic.
“This evolution, combined with the more conducive conditions associated with the ongoing high-activity era for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995, increases the likelihood of above-normal activity this year,” said Gerry Bell, the lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, according to NOAA.
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